Volvo Says It Will Have An Injury Proof Car By 2020
from the accident-avoidance dept
You've probably heard the old adage, "if you make something idiot-proof, they'll make a better idiot." Well, it appears that Volvo wants to put that theory to the test. Just as Larry Page is complaining that not enough people are working on accident-proof cars, Volvo has announced that it will offer an injury proof vehicle by 2020. There's been a ton of work done over the past few years on accident avoidance and safety within vehicles, but the 2020 deadline is quite aggressive. Other automakers are working on similar systems, and it's good to see good old fashioned competition driving car companies towards making consumers much safer. Quite a change from the Unsafe at Any Speed days.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Only half the truth..
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Re: Only half the truth..
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But who can..
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also i don't think you can crash any car in to a wall at 80mph and stay injury free
There will be lots of small print under that claim :))
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Any Engineering Student Can Do It
If you can wrap the car passengers tightly enough in the right material and secure them to an anchor point you can prevent them from getting hurt, but it won't be a very comfortable ride.
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Odd...
Maybe this new car will be like the "canole" car in Demolition Man.
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Would you like to be stuck in a car with all laminated windows? Or what about when the fire department needs to pull you from your burning wreak of a car in a few seconds...
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say whatever sounds good, regardless of action
actions are truly insignificant at this point, and companies, like politics, do whatever they can to sell a products and themselves.
all advertising is nowadays is saying what sounds good...whether what is said has a single shred of relation to what the product or service provides is absolutely irrelevant.
the saddest part, is that anyone out there actually believes that such statements are indicative of what is possible, or even rational.
sure, let's make an accident-proof car...can't believe we didn't think of this earlier...it's so obvious.
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This is scary
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scarier still
This is happening even now. Couple of punks tried to steal my car, realized they didn't know how to drive a stick, and just trashed it and stole the radio. They left it on the front seat when they realized it wasn't a radio, it was an 8-track player.
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stan mott was there;-)
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Re: And this is possible how?
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even moreso, new problems - the greatest offense is the greatest defense
There isn't a true balance as of yet, and I doubt there ever will be, because:
the more resilient a car is, the more likely to kill a pedestrian upon impact
the less resilient (and more flexible, features like engines that go downward in a collision), the more likely to kill a driver and/or person inside the car upon impact.
The more insulation you put inside a vehicle, the more risk of suffocation and flammability. Conversely, the less insulation you put inside a vehicle, the less cushion and higher risk for internal injury.
The safer a car is to the driver, the more dangerous it can potentially be to those around them, and vice versa.
Pedestrian vs car, you can only protect from one or the other. When you have flexible materials, high speed impacts = screwed.
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It's fine to make an injury-proof car... but is a car that's injury-proof only for the driver really what we need?
So I guess we'll just screw the pedestrians and other unwitting victims of crashes.
I say what we need is a car that won't move if the driver is drunk. That should be easy enough to engineer. Once we get past that (or at the same time) we can start looking at similar dangers - excessive speeding, aggressive driving, needless tailgating...
Those aren't the only factors causing accidents of course, but why put the focus on those when we haven't even got the basics right? As for traffic light timings, that's not something the auto industry can do much about on its own.
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NYC
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What exactly is "Injury Proof" .. ??
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The bottom line is that there can only be so much safety built into a vehicle. What really needs to be promoted is safe drivers and driving habits. I would much rather see people use their turn signals than worry about how many airbags are in my car (which, btw, have been known to cause injuries themselves). The focus should be on preventing accidents, not preventing injuries resulting from accidents. That's not to say that vehicle safety isn't important. I'm just saying that the primary focus isn't in the right place here.
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Idiots who can't drive cause injuries, not the car.
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Not going to happen
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Not going to happen
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READ THE ARTICLE FOLKS!
quote - "Volvo wants to give people the same sense of invincibility by producing a virtually injury-proof car by 2020" - end quote
key word: VIRTUALLY
what it means... They will have a car sometime near 2020 that just might protect the passengers from injury......Maybe, there may be exceptions.
Like I have a foolproof plan that will VIRTUALLY guarantee I win the lotto by 2020...
The plan is I'l buy lotto tickets. I will probably win, maybe, there may be exceptions.
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come on guys
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we are already making cars injury proof...
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Highway Collisions
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Spike
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safety a go go
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sell 'em to the troops!
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car safety
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crazy
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Injury Proof
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